Close coupling for motorized pumps



June 3, 1952 F. c. BYRAM 2,598,758

CLOSE COUPLING FOR MOTORIZYED PUMPS l Filed Dec. 2s, 1945 INVENToR. liu-afm cx CIMA-ww Blf/fan.

Ela FIZ BY CVM ATTORNEYS Patented June 3, 1952 CLOSE COUPLING FOR MOTORIZED PUMPS Frederick Cameron Byram, Springfield, Ohio, as-

signor to Robbins & Myers, Inc., Springfield, Ohio, a corporation of Ohio Application December 28, l1945,`Seral No. 637,535

l Claims.

My invention relates to constructions whereby the operating shafts for pumps are coupled to motor drives therefor and suitably packed with a gland.

It is the object of my invention to provide means in connection with the head for a pump to mount the same direct on the casing of an electric motor. and provide for a detachable coupling with the motor shaft arranged to take care of both the torque load and thrust load in both directions. It is a further object to provide an adjustable packing gland between the portion of the pump head mounted on the motor casing and the pump head, thus packing the driving connection from the motor drive into the pump head, and it is a further object to utilize this gland in connection with the detachable connection between the pump drive shaft and the motor shaft.

The particular type of pump which is to be driven by the close coupling of my invention is not important to the novel features thereof, and I have shownin the drawings only an indication of the Vpump chamber which is to 4constitute one part of whatever pump isselected, and will be subject to plus or minus pump pressure. Among other things my device will operate with a pump which can be reversed in operation to so operate at sometimes with a thrust on the drive shaft at 180 degrees to the thrust at other times. The coupling is'therefore devised. as noted above to take end thrusts in opposite directions.

I have illustrated in the drawings a preferred form of the invention, and it is not intended thereby to exclude modifications which will occur to those skilled in the art and are within the novelty of the device as set forth in the appended claims to which reference is hereby made.

In the drawings Fig. 1 is a section taken centrally through the novel coupling. Fig. 2 is a section on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1, said Fig. 1 being on the line I-I of Fig. 2. Fig. 3 is a section on a larger scale showing the position of the gland and coupling when in use. Fig. 4 is a section similar to Fig. 3 but showing the use of the gland itself to detach the lengthwise connector. Fig. 5 is a detail perspective on a still larger scale showing the spreading grooves in the end of the gland. Fig. 6 is a section on the line 6-6 of Fig. 3 and Fig. 7 is a section on the line 'I-l of Fig. 4.

The motor casing is indicated generally at I and the motor shaft at 2. The shaft has a keyway therein at 3 for a driving key and an annular recess 4 for the thrust ring to be described. The pump driver is a stub shaft 5, which has a recess 2 B therein, into which the shaft 2 is to be thrust. The recess 6 has a keyway 'I therein to engage the 'driving key 1a, and an internal annular groove 8 therein for the thrust ring. A slot 9 through the hollow portion of this stub shaft opens into the groove 8.

To join the two shafts for endwise connection and take thrust at 180 degrees thereon, there is employed a thrust ring already referred to. This ring is shown at I0. Its ends II are turned outwardly somewhat and the ring is made of resilient metal, so that the ring'tends to contract sothat the ends approach each other. The ring is placed within the groove 8 in the recess of the driving stub shaft, with its ends projecting through the slot 9 thereof. The ends I I may hug the key 1a and be spaced thereby, or the ring constructed so that the ends II do not meet. When the motor shaft is thrust into the recess its end will spread the ring permitting the said motor shaft to be thrust well into the recess in the driving stub shaft, whereupon the annular groove in the motor shaft will come opposite the ring and it will snap into .the said groove,`not however entirely leaving the internal groove 8 in the said socket, otherwise to spread the ring in order to telescope the shaft, the sliding gland may be used as noted below. This will connect the motor shaft and the driving shaft endwise since the ring will engage in two concentric grooves. It makes no difference in which direction thrust is applied to the driving shaft, so far as this connection is concerned.

The pump casing I2 is preferably formed integrally (although there may be several pieces bolted tightly together in this portion of the.V

device) so as to have a sleeve portion I3 acting as a stuffing box, and a casing I4 which is to be secured to the motor as by screws I4a. The driving stub shaft is mounted within the sleeve portion of this casing.

The packing gland which is mounted aboutl the stub shaft has a cylindrical-body I5, and a-V kmounting flange I6. There is a shoulder I'I at the inner end of the sleeve portion of the casing, so that when the gland is located with its cylindrical portion within the sleeve portion of the casing it will press the packing I8 against the shoulder I1 thus sealing the stub shaft from the motor and from the pump casing. Thus, the pump head casing portion may be under plus or minus pressure as the case may be. I have illustrated a llexible joint connection I9 on the inner end of the driving shaft 5, but the connection with the pump at this point will be to Smead hv Thisfwil I Vring to expand sufficiently ta release .th m9 rf- Shaft, aadethaeniise easinew'ii rem iiedsfmmtherama driven sha-it; havingl telescopios;

between; tnengiA beyond said; message means for: transmitting tbrquefoniy between said shaftsat. said-connection a deformable thrust elementw l.

` suit the driving problem for the impeller member.

The ianged portion I6 of the gland is held in adjusted position by means of the screws 20, so

asto adjust the compacting of the packing materiah As so far described, it would be impractical to of which are divergent, andthve. cylinder iscut,

out as at 2 la. The machined portion of" the inner wall of the cylinder is coniiiiecl;v tu;,-the l i eyz and those portions beyond the shoulderf left by. the

cut away portion 2la. This construction leaves l the tapered key 2l exposed tovaotfasaslgledlt for the projecting ends of the thrust ring. By

` pushing in on the gland, or if the screws are made,

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4. A coupling according to claim 3 wherein said deformable ring-like thrust element has a fr eeinside diameter appgecialt;ligt` less the outside diameterof the innertfof lsai'dshafts while the free outside diameter of said ring-like Vmember is appreciably greater than the inside diameter o; theputer of, said shafts and appreciably less than the diameter of said internal annular gLIQOJlst.A A Y 5. A'couplng1 -hetween a drive shaft and a driven shaft, comprising a casing having a passagetherjingfor one, of said shafts with packing space thereabout, said Vdrive shaft and driven shaft. havingV telescoping engagement between them beyond said passage, meansv for transmittiaaterquebetweee Saidfshafte at; Said; engagemeltaidfsha simsala taie egiagenseeement;

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